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AWARDS
ISSTD MEDIA AWARD
We lay out, for the first time, the timeline of the last three years, putting together the pieces of what was so hard… so that we can let them go while holding space for all that happened (instead of avoiding or dismissing the impact it had on us), bookending ourselves with going to our new therapist for the first time in person.
Lost Episode
The husband reviews Transactional Analysis with the children, which he has taught them since they came to live with us. The picture he drew on the whiteboard will be posted on the blog.
Therapy update.
We read and respond to listener emails.
We speak with Kathleen Adams, PhD, about abject shame and suffering. She shares about dissociative defenses and terror, as well as why we need groups for healing. She explains abject shame and suffering. CONTENT WARNING: She gives numerous case study examples, some of which include references to abuse. A few of these are graphic, and told in the context of stories. As always, care for yourself during and after listening to the podcast.
Lost Episode
We share an experience we had in Denver, and what we learned. We discuss intimacy, sex, and boundaries. We explore holding space for questions and parts as part of healing, but also being intentional and using our agency to choose well.
Lost Episode
We discuss the movie “Turning Red”.
We discuss the movie “Turning Red”.
We Google search “attach cry”.
We share and explore a dream.
Lost Episode
While we do not discuss the details of the recent Hollywood domestic violence case, we do discuss its intrusion into our news cycle. We explore the triggers it caused, what it brought up for us internally, and what we thought and felt about that. We discuss domestic violence dynamics and power imbalance. We explore how we cared for ourselves during and after the trial and its media coverage.
We got a new bike for me!
We chat with Larry, who presented at the 2022 Healing Together conference. We share with each other about our grief over losing therapists, and talk about what healing looks like after. We share about the impact of grief on our sobriety recovery.
Lost Episode
We share about a difficult weekend that coincided with a challenging date, and how we handled that… and how Zoomies happened on accident!
We process a therapy session in which we realized we didn’t have to be fawning anymore - and how dysregulating it was not to be fawning.
We share our experience doing eye movements in therapy.